Engelsk substantiv: time | |||
1. | time (om begivenhet) an instance or single occasion for some event | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This time he succeeded. He called four times. He could do ten at a clip. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | clip | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | case, example, instance | ||
2. | time (om tid) a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Take time to smell the roses. I didn't have time to finish. It took more than half my time. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | period, period of time, time period | ||
3. | time (om tid) an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He waited a long time. The time of year for planting. He was a great actor in his time. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | period, period of time, time period | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bit, day, dead, ephemera, hard times, incarnation, minute, mo, moment, patch, piece, second, space age, spell, wee, while | ||
4. | time (om tid) a suitable moment | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It is time to go. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | instant, minute, moment, second | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | high time, occasion | ||
5. | time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | attribute | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | biological time, civil time, continuance, continuum, cosmic time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, duration, eternity, future, futurity, geologic time, geological time, GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, hereafter, infinity, local time, musical time, nowadays, past, past times, present, standard time, time to come, universal time, UT, UT1, yesteryear | ||
6. | time (om begivenhet) a person's experience on a particular occasion | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He had a time holding back the tears. They had a good time together. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | experience | ||
7. | time (om tid) a reading of a point in time as given by a clock | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Do you know what time it is?. The time is 10 o'clock. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | clock time | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | indication, meter reading, reading | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | hour, prime time, SCLK, spacecraft clock time, time of day | ||
Kjennetegner disse uttrykkene | antemeridian, postmeridian | ||
8. | time (om tid) the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | fourth dimension | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | dimension | ||
9. | time (om egenskap) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | meter, metre | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | rhythmicity | ||
10. | time (om tid) the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He served a prison term of 15 months. His sentence was 5 to 10 years. He is doing time in the county jail. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | prison term, sentence | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | term | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | hard time, life, life sentence | ||
Engelsk verb: time | |||
1. | time (om endring) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He clocked the runners. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | clock | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | measure, quantify | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | mistime | ||
2. | time (om erkjendelse) assign a time for an activity or event | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | schedule | ||
3. | time (om erkjendelse) set the speed, duration, or execution of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | ||
4. | time (om endring) regulate or set the time of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Time the clock. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | adjust, correct, set | ||
5. | time (om endring) adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | adjust, correct, set | ||